How To Install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8.
What is lua-alt-getopt
alt-getopt is a module for Lua programming language for processing application’s arguments the same way BSD/GNU getopt_long(3) functions do. The main goal is compatibility with SUS “Utility Syntax Guidelines” guidelines 3-13.
We can use yum or dnf to install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-alt-getopt.
Install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lua-alt-getopt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lua-alt-getopt
Install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lua-alt-getopt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lua-alt-getopt
How To Uninstall lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the lua-alt-getopt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lua-alt-getopt
lua-alt-getopt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt
/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lua-alt-getopt/README
/usr/share/licenses/lua-alt-getopt
/usr/share/licenses/lua-alt-getopt/LICENSE
/usr/share/lua/5.3/alt_getopt.lua
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-alt-getopt on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.